Vaginal powder applicator



(I [To z ml 51 Q5454: C. fifams' Sept. 20, 1932. E. c. HAAS VAGINAL POWDER APPLIGATOR Filed Aug. 29. 1931 Patented Sept. 20, 1932 EARLE c. HAAS, or DENVER, coLonAno I VAGINAL rownnn Arrmcmon Application filed August 29, 1931." sale No. 560,188.

This invention relates to a device for introducing antiseptic powder into the vagina or other body orifices and to a method and means for filling the device with powder.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a combination of an applicator with a filling device therefor by means of which measured doses of antiseptic powder can be placed in the applicator without liability of loss or waste of the powder.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the filling means that it will also serve as a retainer to hold the powder in the applicator until it is desired for use.

A further object of the invention is to so construct the applicator that it can be easily and economically molded from material such as bakelite and so that it can be rapidly and securely assembled. r

A still further object of the invention is to provide a filling device or cartridge which can be quickly applied to the applicator with out requiring the removal of caps, plugs, etc.

Other objects and advantages reside in the detail construction of the invention, which is designed for simplicity economy, and efiiciency. These will become more apparent from the following description.

In the following detailed description of the invention reference is had to the accompanying drawing which forms a part hereof. Like numerals refer to like parts in all views of the drawing and throughout the description.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 illustrates a longitudinal section through the applicator portion of the device.

Fig. 2 illustrates the filling tube or car tridge employed with the applicator.

Fig. Sillustrates the combined applicator and filling tube.

Figs. 1, 5, and 6 are diagrammatic views illustrating steps in the process of filling the applicator. I

The complete invention comprises the applicator of Fig. 1 combined with the filling tube of Fig. 2.

The applicator comprises a cylinder 10 preferably molded from bakelite or similar moldable material. Adjacent the top of the cylinder 10 a knurled band 11, terminating in a top flange 12 is formed to provide an eificient finger grip. The other extremity of the cylinder 10 is completely open. A

shoulder 13 is formed on the interiorof the cylinder 10gand the inner wall tapers from the shoulder .13 rearwardly as shown at 14, to an opening for the reception of a'piston rod15.' A piston or plunger 16 is molded about one extremity of therod 15. A finger button- 17" is threaded on the other extremity of therod15'. i

In assembling 'thethreaded extremity of the rod 1 5 is-drop'ped intoqthe cylinder 1 (1).

The tapered inner wall 1'4 of the cylinder guides" thefeXt-remity of the rod to the rod openinginthe opposite end. The button 17 is then threaded onto the protruding extremity of the rod seats to prevent its withdrawal. f r I v Thefilling tube portion of the device comprises a cylindrical inner tube-18 formed of cardboard, fiber, bakelite, or other suitable material. The internal diameter of thetube IS'is'sueh'that the tube can be slid snugly over the-exterior of the cylinder 10. {The length of the tube 18 is such as to enclose the desired dose of antiseptic powder. 5

Theentire tube-18 is covered with a sheet of rendible material such as light tissue paper 19 of a width sufficient to extend beyond the extremities of the tube 18. The extremities extending beyond are twisted as shown at 20 to hold the powder in place in the tube. The use of the tube of Fig. 2 in combination with the applicator of Fig. 1 is illustrated in Figs. 3, 4t, 5, and 6.

The user first tears one of the twisted extremities 20 from the tube 18 as shown in Fig. 4. He then inserts the open extremity of the cylinder 10 into the open extremity of the tube 18 as shown in Fig. 5. He then in verts the applicator to the position of Fig. 6, and forces the full length of the tube down over the extremity of the cylinder to the position of Fig. 3. The tube can now be removed whenever it is desired to use the device. 7

It will be noted that with this device and process it is impossible to spill or lose any of the powder, for when the tube 18 has been forced down over the cylinder 10, as shown in Fig. 3, the entire tube contents will have been transferred to the cylinder so that when the tube is removed the entire contents Iii thereof will remain in the cylinder.

If it is not desired to immediately use the applicator the tube 18 is left in place on the applicator-with the other twisted extremity 20 maintaining the powder securely in place 10 in the tube. The powder can be injected or applied by simply tearing open the latter twisted extremity 20 and leaving the tube 18 in place, if desired.

While a specific form of theimprovement has been described and illustrated herein, it

is desired to be understood that the same may be Varied, within the scopeof the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

' Havingv thus described the invention, what is claimedand desired secured by Letters Patent is 1. Means for filling the cylinder of a medicinal powder applicator comprising: an

open ended tube; removable means for closing the open ends of said tube,'said tube having a interior diameter substantially equal tothe external diameter of said cylinder so that it maybe slid thereover to fill the cylinder and so that it will be maintained in place thereon by the natural friction between the eylindernandthe tube. f r p 2. vMeans for filling the cylinder of a medicinal powder applicator comprising: a tube arranged to slip over said cylinder; a sheet of 7 rendiblematerial wrapped about said tube, said sheet having a greater width than the length of said tube so that its extremities will extend beyond said tube; and twists formed in said extremities to maintainthe powder in said tube. v

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature.

. EARLE C.,I-IAAS.

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